Lighting in Design November December 2017

“The redesigned sales showrooms of the Mercedes-AMG Performance Centres boast a con- sistently applied and unique AMG brand identity,” says du Plessis, looking back at the completed project.This sentiment is echoed by de Lange, who concludes, “After being part of this project, I feel that new ideas are not explored and put to the test often enough. At Regent Lighting Solutions we are given the freedom to design and create our ideas, and the finished project at the AMG Performance Centre in Menlyn is testament to what can be achieved by thinking out of the box.” About the PLC “The main control method used at AMG is PLC (Programmable Logic Controller). PLCs are found most often in Industrial Automation as they are robust components that are used to program machines by sending signals to different parts of the machine telling them what to do, when to do it and how fast to do it,” explains de Lange. A PLC was the most cost effective control method for achieving the desired effect in the showroom as it operates and sends 24 V dc signals. “By using 24 V dc LED boards we were able to use the PLC signals to provide light,” he says. Slender lines of light set in an architectural environment are the essence of the Linear Mini, and with its simple elegance and adapt- ability it accommodates most design applica- tions. The extruded aluminium housing offers a precise in-line appearance that complements open space design plans. Each Linear is split into boards in sections of 100 mm. Each board receives its own signal cable that runs back to the control panel, and this is done to have control of each 100 mm section. The PLC is then programmed to give each board a signal at a specific time.The effect the client wanted was for the light to be a length of ±1 m and flow through the fitting. The direction of the motion and the speed of the pattern is all ad- justable, so client can decide on the pattern and change it at any time by programming a new sequence.

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